How to wait with the Spirit when life feels heavy (The Wild Invitation Study Ep.1)

For The Girl

Mac Bridges & Kenz Durham

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🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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We’re kicking off a brand new 7-week series in the Book of Acts, inspired by our Bible study The Wild Invitation! In this episode, we reflect on how waiting doesn’t have to be passive or frustrating—it can be a beautiful season of prayer, unity, and expectation when we’re led by the Spirit. Together, we share honest stories, biblical truths, and encouragement for anyone who finds themselves in a holding pattern. We’re learning, growing, and studying right alongside you. In This Episode 01:56 – Why Acts Resonates Deeply 04:08 – The Power of Bible Study in Community 08:16 – Bible Girl Crush: Deborah vs Ruth 11:20 – Reading Acts 1 Together 15:35 – What It Means to Wait With the Spirit 18:45 – Raising Expectations in the Waiting 20:19 – Prayer That Sustains Us 23:12 – Navigating Disappointment With Faith 27:08 – Unity and the Power of Community 31:14 – Listening for God’s Voice in the Silence 34:05 – Final Encouragement & This Week’s Challenge ORDER OUR NEW STUDY!⁠ This seven-week, verse-by-verse study through the book of Acts invites you to embrace the unpredictable, sometimes challenging adventure of Spirit-led living that characterized the early church. Thanks to Our Sponsors Operation Christmas Child: Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, partners with churches to collect and distribute gift-filled shoeboxes to millions of children around the world, telling them the Good News of Jesus Christ, God’s Greatest Gift. For more, visit ⁠samaritanspurse.org/occ.⁠ Piper and Leaf: Visit ⁠PiperandLeaf.com⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠to pick up an Advent Tea set for you or someone you love! NIV Application Study Bible - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Grab your copy today!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Winshape: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more or submit your application today⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! If you’d like to partner with For The Girl as a sponsor, fill out our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Advertise With Us⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ form! Follow us! 📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthegirl___ https://www.instagram.com/macleighbridges/ https://www.instagram.com/kenzraedurham/ Subscribe! 🍏⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🎧⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📹⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, welcome back to the For the Girl podcast, the podcast that hopefully makes you laugh, but also
0:04.9	helps you to grow in your walk with Jesus and dig into scripture. This is week one of our
0:10.8	series all about digging into our study, The Wild Invitation, and all about how to live
0:18.0	life with the spirit. Today's conversation is one we're really excited about.
0:22.7	We're just kind of digging into the first part of Acts. And we're talking about how to wait with
0:28.6	the spirit. What does it look like in seasons of life where life maybe feels on pause or like
0:33.8	you're waiting for something to happen? How do we actively engage and wait with the spirit?
0:38.8	It's a powerful conversation that I think you're going to love.
0:41.8	So let's jump in.
0:51.3	Hey, everybody.
0:52.5	We are super pumped about the very first of seven episodes where we are going to be diving into the book of Acts talking about our new Bible study, The Wild Invitation.
1:05.6	She's a new.
1:06.6	So cute.
1:07.1	So excited.
1:08.3	And I think before we dive in, I want everybody to know that even if you aren't
1:13.2	necessarily doing the study with us these episodes are still going to be for you what we want to
1:18.7	talk about over the next seven weeks is really what it looks like to live a life with the
1:24.2	spirit to really enter into walking with the Holy Spirit in your everyday life.
1:30.8	And so we're going to talk about how that looks in so many different facets in so many
1:34.5	different areas of your life. But if you are doing the study with us and you should do the Bible
1:39.7	study with us, what it will be so cool is that this is going to feel like your Bible study. It's going to
1:46.0	feel like when you pop in those headphones or when you press play in your car that you just sat down
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